Popular baby names in Mississippi, 2015

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 2015 were Ava for girls (215 babies) and William for boys (212). Ava ranked #4 nationally for girls. William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 25,102 babies born in Mississippi in 2015 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 2015

Names given at least 15 times in Mississippi that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Alaysia: 19 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Ann: 18 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Anniston: 15 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Harmoni: 16 babies, 9× the national rate
Jaliyah: 27 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Malaysia: 37 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Madyson: 15 babies, 7× the national rate
Dallas: 23 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Kennedi: 34 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Kensley: 17 babies, 6.1× the national rate

Boys

Jamarion: 15 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Baylor: 17 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Kylan: 23 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Channing: 17 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Karson: 56 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Jamari: 22 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Braylen: 31 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Kingston: 111 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Karter: 80 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kameron: 52 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 2015

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2014	US rank
1	Ava	215	–	4
2	Emma	166	–	1
3	Olivia	141	–	2
4	Madison	120	–	11
5	Brooklyn	118	↑1	31
6	Paisley	117	↑1	45
7	Addison	97	↑10	24
8	Aubrey	97	↓3	21
9	Chloe	96	–	17
10	Mary	95	↑8	>100
11	Elizabeth	92	↑3	13
12	Avery	91	↓1	16
13	Skylar	91	↓1	42
14	Zoey	91	↓1	23
15	Sadie	90	↑21	52
16	Abigail	86	↑7	7
17	Isabella	86	↓9	5
18	Ella	83	↓2	18
19	Harper	83	↓9	10
20	Amelia	82	↑2	12
21	Aubree	79	↑4	79
22	Londyn	75	↑10	>100
23	Khloe	71	↓2	>100
24	Taylor	69	↑5	77
25	London	68	↑6	>100
26	Kaylee	66	↑19	61
27	Aaliyah	63	↓7	47
28	Caroline	63	↑5	62
29	Layla	63	↓1	30
30	Lillian	61	↓4	26
31	Anna	60	↓16	44
32	Serenity	60	↓8	71
33	Sophia	60	↓14	3
34	Mariah	56	–	>100
35	Autumn	54	↑4	69
36	Trinity	54	↓6	>100
37	Emily	53	↓10	8
38	Kylie	53	↑9	66
39	Makenzie	52	new	>100
40	Mia	52	↑2	6
41	Riley	52	new	35
42	Charlotte	51	↑7	9
43	Lily	49	↓8	25
44	Ryleigh	49	↓7	>100
45	Alyssa	48	new	93
46	Harmony	48	new	>100
47	Kinsley	47	↓1	>100
48	Rylee	47	new	>100
49	Morgan	46	new	>100
50	Bailey	45	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2014	US rank
1	William	212	–	5
2	John	206	↑1	26
3	James	197	↓1	7
4	Mason	190	↑1	3
5	Elijah	159	↓1	11
6	Aiden	152	↑1	13
7	Noah	151	↓1	1
8	Carter	141	↑2	24
9	Jayden	119	–	20
10	Michael	115	↑3	9
11	Christian	114	↑9	43
12	Landon	112	↑16	46
13	Kingston	111	↑11	>100
14	Joshua	109	↑1	33
15	Jackson	107	↑7	17
16	Christopher	104	↓8	32
17	David	104	↑20	18
18	Ethan	104	↓1	6
19	Logan	102	↑6	14
20	Joseph	98	↑7	21
21	Liam	98	↑10	2
22	Ayden	96	↓10	87
23	Jeremiah	96	↓7	54
24	Jaxon	93	↓3	44
25	Robert	91	↑14	63
26	Jacob	90	↓12	4
27	Samuel	90	↑6	23
28	Cameron	89	↑7	56
29	Grayson	89	↑19	47
30	Jordan	89	↓12	59
31	Charles	86	↓8	50
32	Wyatt	86	↑15	34
33	Caleb	85	↑12	37
34	Kayden	84	new	95
35	Braxton	82	↓1	>100
36	Brayden	81	↓25	61
37	Easton	81	↑6	78
38	Carson	80	–	89
39	Gabriel	80	↑7	22
40	Jace	80	↓11	75
41	Karter	80	new	>100
42	Benjamin	77	↑7	10
43	Bryson	76	↓7	>100
44	Cooper	76	new	77
45	Ashton	74	↓1	>100
46	Colton	73	new	60
47	Levi	73	↓17	42
48	Tyler	73	↓8	81
49	Luke	72	↓23	28
50	Matthew	70	–	15

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